Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Explained

Syed Modi International
Last:	2023 Syed Modi International
Last Alias:	2023 Syed Modi International
Bar Color:	89E4A6
Editions:	12 (2023)
City:	Lucknow (2023)
Country:	India
Venue:	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium (2023)
Circuit:	Super 300
Men Draw:	32S / 32D
Men Current:	Chi Yu-jen (singles) Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal (doubles)
Men Most S:	2 Kashyap Parupalli Sameer Verma
Men Most D:	2 Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen
Women Draw:	32S / 32D
Women Current:	Nozomi Okuhara (singles) Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi (doubles)
Women Most S:	3 Saina Nehwal
Women Most D:	2 Jung Kyung-eun
Mixed Draw:	32
Mixed Current:	Dejan Ferdinansyah Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
Mixed Most M:	1
Mixed Most F:	1
Prize Money:	USD$210,000 (2023)
Web Site:	http://www.badmintonindia.org/

The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India.

This tournament was introduced to the badminton circuit as a BWF Grand Prix event in 2009.^[1] Since then the tournament is being annually held in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, although it was temporarily shifted to Hyderabad in 2010.^{[2] [3]} In 2011, it was upgraded to the Grand Prix Gold event.^[4] Badminton World Federation launched a new event structure in 2017. This tournament was later included as a BWF World Tour Super 300 event which began to be competed in 2018.^[5]

History

The tournament was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association (UPBA) in 1991 as the 'Syed Modi Memorial Badminton Tournament' in memory of the Commonwealth Games champion Syed Modi.^[6]

From its inauguration till 2003, it remained a national-level tournament.^{[7] [8]} In 2004, it was organized as an International event for the first time, which saw some low-key foreign participation.^{[9] [10]}

The tournament was halted from 2005 to 2008 due to a political impasse between the UPBA and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, which ended with relocation of the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Academy.^{[11] [12] [13]}

Winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2009	Chetan Anand	Saina Nehwal	Fauzi Adnan Trikusuma Wardhana	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	^[14]
2010	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	Zhou Hui	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	Tang Jinhua Xia Huan	Liu Peixuan Tang Jinhua	^[15]
2011	Taufik Hidayat	Ratchanok Intanon	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	^[16]
2012	Parupalli Kashyap	Lindaweni Fanetri	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	Savitree Amitrapai Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Fran Kurniawan Shendy Puspa Irawati	^[17]
2013	No competition
2014	Xue Song	Saina Nehwal	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Wang Yilyu Huang Yaqiong	^[18]
2015	Parupalli Kashyap		Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Soong Fie Cho	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	^[19]
2016	Srikanth Kidambi	Sung Ji-hyun	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	^[20]
2017	Sameer Verma	P. V. Sindhu	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy	^[21]
2018	Sameer Verma	Han Yue	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean	Ou Xuanyi Feng Xueying	^[22]
2019	Wang Tzu-wei	Carolina Marín	He Jiting Tan Qiang	Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun	Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova	^[23]
2020	Cancelled
2021	Cancelled
2022	Not awarded	P. V. Sindhu	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing	Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto	^[24]
2023	Chi Yu-jen	Nozomi Okuhara	Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	Dejan Ferdinansyah Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja

Performances by nation

	Nation						Total
1	align=left style="border: 3px solid red"		6	5			3	14
2		1	2	2	2	3	10
		2	1	3		4	10
4				3	3		6
5			1	1	2		4
			1	1	2		4
7				2	1		3
			1		1	1	3
9		2					2
10						1	1
					1		1
			1				1
Total		11*	12	12	12	12	59

2022 not awarded for men's singles because of covid-19 during tournament

See also

• India Open
• Hyderabad Open (badminton)
• Odisha Open
• Guwahati Masters
• India International Challenge

Notes and References

1. News: Syed Modi Memorial to turn GP event. 10 October 2015. Daily News and Analysis.
2. News: Lucknow loses Syed Modi badminton. 10 October 2015. The Indian Express.
3. Web site: Syed Modi International Badminton Championships: Organization. Badminton World Federation. 28 January 2016.
4. News: Taufiq Hidayat tames Sourabh Verma in final. 10 October 2015. The Hindu.
5. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.
6. News: Lucknow loses Syed Modi badminton. 10 October 2015. The Indian Express.
7. News: Chetan, Aparna land titles. 10 October 2015. The Times of India.
8. News: Anand, Popat win titles. 10 October 2015. The Times of India.
9. News: Contrasting wins for Gopichand, Aparna. https://web.archive.org/web/20160217084141/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/14/stories/2004121402581900.htm. dead. 17 February 2016. 10 October 2015. 2004-12-14. The Hindu.
10. News: My win is not good for Indian badminton: Gopi. 10 October 2015. The Times of India.
11. News: Syed Modi badminton put off. https://web.archive.org/web/20160209180231/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-979279821.html. dead. 9 February 2016. 7 December 2015. Hindustan Times.
12. Web site: Modi meet cancelled. https://web.archive.org/web/20160217083841/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1163474131.html. dead. 17 February 2016. Hindustan Times. 7 December 2015.
13. News: UP restarts work on badminton academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20160217083531/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1260823401.html. dead. 17 February 2016. 7 December 2015. Hindustan Times.
14. Web site: Saina, Chetan win singles titles in Syed Modi GP tourney . The Indian Express . 20 December 2009 . 28 June 2022 . 28 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220628235801/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/print/saina-chetan-win-singles-titles-in-syed-modi-gp-tourney/ . live.
15. Web site: Hearn . Don . India GP 2010 – First time for every…one? . Badzine . 20 December 2010 . 28 June 2022 . 11 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170811053335/http://www.badzine.net/2010/12/india-gp-first-time-for-every-one/ . live.
16. Web site: Sachetat . Raphaël . India GPG 2011 – Taufik in luck now . Badzine . 25 December 2011 . 28 June 2022 . 3 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201203202523/http://www.badzine.net/2011/12/india-gpg-taufik-in-luck-now/17984/ . live.
17. Web site: Chandra . Rudy . India GPG 2012 Finals – First Grand Prix title for Kashyap . Badzine . 23 December 2012 . 28 June 2022 . 26 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191126053729/https://www.badzine.net/2012/12/india-gpg-final-first-grand-prix-title-for-kashyap/ . live.
18. Web site: Shah . Wajiha . Saina Nehwal ends title drought, wins Syed Modi . The Indian Express . 27 January 2014 . 28 June 2022 . 29 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140829042251/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/saina-nehwal-ends-title-drought-wins-syed-modi/ . live.
19. Web site: Ganesan . Uthra . Syed Modi Masters: Saina Nehwal, Kashyap claim titles . The Hindu . 25 January 2015 . 28 June 2022 . 26 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126020754/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/syed-modi-masters-saina-nehwal-kashyap-claim-titles/article6821547.ece . live.
20. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Srikanth, Sung Triumph – Syed Modi International Badminton Championships 2016 . Badminton World Federation . 1 February 2016 . 28 June 2022 . 25 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925190819/https://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2016/02/01/srikanth-sung-triumph-syed-modi-international-badminton-championships-2016-review/ . live.
21. Web site: Sindhu, Sameer win Syed Modi GP . ESPN . 29 January 2017 . 29 June 2022 . 29 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629002400/https://www.espn.com/badminton/story/_/id/18578026/pv-sindhu-sameer-verma-win-syed-modi-gp . live.
22. Web site: Nadkarni . Shirish . Syed Modi International 2018: Sameer Verma lone Indian winner at event; Saina Nehwal tamed by Chinese teenager Han Yue . First Post . 25 November 2018 . 29 June 2022 . 11 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190111120619/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/syed-modi-international-2018-sameer-verma-lone-indian-winner-at-event-saina-nehwal-tamed-by-chinese-teenager-han-yue-5614791.html . live.
23. Web site: Mukerji . Asheem . Syed Modi International: Wang and Marin clinch titles . The Times of India . 2 December 2019 . 29 June 2022 . 3 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191203021738/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/syed-modi-international-wang-and-marin-clinch-titles/articleshow/72325771.cms . live.
24. Web site: Syed Modi International 2022: PV Sindhu wins second title; Ishaan Bhatnagar-Tanisha Crasto pair wins too . First Post . 23 January 2022 . 29 June 2022 . 23 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123103525/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/syed-modi-international-2022-ishaan-bhatnagar-tanisha-crasto-win-mixed-doubles-title-10312351.html . live.